Steel

Steel

Steel is a Metal Alloy composed of iron and carbon.

Type

Manufactured Material

Melting Point

2426.85 °C / 4400.33 °F

Melts into

Molten Steel (SHC: 0.386)

Specific Heat Capacity

0.49 $\frac{\text{DTU}}{\text{g}{}^{\circ }\text{C}}$ / 0.27 $\frac{\text{DTU}}{\text{g}{}^{\circ }\text{F}}$

Thermal Conductivity

54 $\frac{\text{DTU}}{\text{m}\text{s}{}^{\circ }\text{C}}$ / 30 $\frac{\text{DTU}}{\text{m}\text{s}{}^{\circ }\text{F}}$

Hardness

50 (Very Firm)

Strength

2

Light Absorption Factor

100%

Radiation Absorption Factor

74%

Molar Mass

54.97 $\frac{\text{g}}{\text{mol}}$

Default Mass

400 kg

Max Mass

10000 kg

Overheat Temperature

+200 °C / +360 °F

Properties

Solid, Metal Ore, Refined Metal, General Buildable

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Steel is a mid game building material produced in Metal Refinery. It is mainly used in extreme environments such as Space Biome.

Usage

Steel is required to build Bunker Doors and Bunker Tiles which can withstand Meteor Showers in Space Biome.

Steel is required for all Rocket parts in Base Game, and some advanced Rocket parts in the Spaced Out! DLC, and Gantry.

Steel is required for all Great Monument parts.

As a building material, Steel increases Overheat Temperature by 200 °C. It can be used to build both buildings that require Metal Ore (e.g. Oil Refinery) and buildings that use Refined Metal (e.g. Smart Battery). This property makes it ideal solution for buildings that can overheat in Oil Biome and Space Biome.

Inside the Apothecary,

• 1 kg Steel + 1 unit Sun Nymph Egg = 1 unit Serum Vial

Production

Metal Refinery can produce Steel. The recipe will appear after either Iron, Refined Carbon or Lime is discovered. 70 kg Iron + 20 kg Refined Carbon + 10 kg Lime = 100 kg Steel. It requires Duplicants operation.

Among the three materials, both Iron and Refined Carbon could be produced in large quantities, and Lime may become the production bottleneck.